Shinnosuke Abe
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 Abe with the Yomiuri Giants | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yomiuri Giants – No. 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catcher/ Coach / Manager | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born:March 20, 1979 Urayasu, Chiba,Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batted:Left Threw:Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| March 30, 2001, for the Yomiuri Giants | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| October 23, 2019, for the Yomiuri Giants | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Batting average | .284 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 406 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 1,285 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hits | 2,132 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As coach As manager
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Shinnosuke Abe(A bộ thận chi trợ,Abe Shinnosuke,born March 20, 1979 inUrayasu, Chiba)is a Japanese former professionalbaseballplayer and current manager, who spent his entire 19-year career withNippon Professional Baseball'sYomiuri Giants,serving as the team's captain from 2007 to 2014. He has twice been named the MVP of theNippon Professional Baseball All-Star Series,in 2007 (Game 1) and 2010 (Game 1).
Career
[edit]As a player
[edit]In the2009 Japan Series,won by Abe's Giants 4 games to 2 over theHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters,he was named theMost Valuable Player.
In 2012, after hitting.340 with 27 home runs and 104 RBIs, Abe was named theCentral LeagueMost Valuable Player.In addition, Abe was the co-recipient (along with teammateTatsunori Hara) of the 2012Matsutaro Shoriki Award.
He was the captain of Japanese national team in2013 WBC,and hit 2 home runs in the same inning against theNetherlands,becoming the first and only player to achieve such a feat in the history of the WBC.
With 406 career home runs, Abe ranks 18th on theNPB career list.
On September 24, 2019, Abe announced he would retire after the2019 season,his 19th in NPB.[1]
As a coach
[edit]Abe was named the manager of the Giants' second squad for the 2020 season.
On October 4, 2023, Abe was named theTatsunori Hara's successor as manager for the main club, after Hara announced his intention to step down.[2]
International career
[edit]He was selectedJapan national baseball teamat the1997 Intercontinental Cup,1999 Asian Baseball Championship,2000 Summer Olympics,2007 Asian Baseball Championship,2008 Summer Olympics,2009 World Baseball Classic,2012 exhibition games againstCubaand2013 World Baseball Classic.
Also, he was selected Nippon Professional Baseball All-Stars at the2004 MLB Japan All-Star Seriesand the2006 MLB Japan All-Star Series.On November 16, 2018, he was selected Yomiuri Giants roster at the2018 MLB Japan All-Star Seriesexhibition game against MLB All-Stars.[3]
References
[edit]- ^Coskrey, Jason (September 30, 2019)."Giants star Shinnosuke Abe bows out as one of NPB's great catchers".The Japan Times.RetrievedJanuary 5,2022.
- ^"Giants prepare to start new era as manager Tatsunori Hara walks away".japantimes.co.jp.RetrievedOctober 8,2023.
- ^"8 nhật の “2018 nhật mễ dã cầu” tham gia メンバー quyết まる ".Đọc mại cự nhân quân công thức WEBサイト(in Japanese). November 16, 2018.RetrievedDecember 5,2018.
External links
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- Career statistics and player information fromMLB,orBaseball Reference (Minors)
- Career statistics - NPB.jp(in Japanese)
- Japan Baseball Daily
- 1979 births
- Asian Games medalists in baseball
- Asian Games silver medalists for Japan
- Baseball players at the 1998 Asian Games
- Baseball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Baseball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Baseball people from Chiba Prefecture
- Chuo University alumni
- Living people
- Managers of baseball teams in Japan
- Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
- Nippon Professional Baseball catchers
- Nippon Professional Baseball first basemen
- Nippon Professional Baseball MVP Award winners
- Olympic baseball players for Japan
- People from Urayasu, Chiba
- Yomiuri Giants players
- Yomiuri Giants managers
- 2009 World Baseball Classic players
- 2013 World Baseball Classic players
- World Baseball Classic players of Japan